The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-09-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Italy, have fled from that city on accoun
of cholera.
At St. Thomas, D. T., Charles Tracy
aged 21, was shot and killed last Monda,
by his insane father.
The Daily Times, an illustrated pape
devoted to the cause of industrial classes
is late addition to St. Paul journalism.
W. J. McGarigle, the Chicago boodler
has been expelled from Lincoln Parl
Lodge No. Gil, on the charge of unma
sonic conduct.
Ninety one Cinnamon were arrested il
two Chinese stores in Chicago Monday
night for playing bung loo, celestial
gambling game.
A fire at Ironwood, Mich, last Satur.
day, destroyed seven of the best buslnes:
blocks, causing loss of $150,O00; with
practically no insurance.
Dominlck L. Mesina, his wife and four
little children were burned to death at
New Orleans on the 18th by fire which
destroyed Mesina's grocery store.
Maurice Bernhardt, son of the actress
Sarah, shot and severely wounded Paris
journalist Monday, who had written an
article dcfaming the character of his
mother.
A large amount of dynamite, enough to
blow up Havana, was found this week
near that city. The discovery proves that
the plot against Cuba is of formidable
character.
Collections from internal revenue dur
ing July and August aggregated $40, $780,
O36, an increase of 1,607 7,290, as com.
pared with the first two months of the
last fiscal year.
1t is stated that the bottom lands be-
tween Mammoth and Benson, Arizona,
have been entirely destroyed by floods
Fields of growing cane and corn are now
but bed Of sand.
Heavy forest fires are reported having
done considerable damage in Dakota this
week. The city council of Brainerd hired
400 men to go to the front and fight fires
raging southeast of that city Wednesday
night.
The executive committee of the Beech
er fund has decided to commission J. O.
A. Ward, the well known sculptor, to exc
cute the statue of Henry Ward Beecher
to be erected in Brooklyn. It will be in
bronze on granite pedestal
Two passenger trains collided on the
Chicago, Minneapolis & St. Paul railway
Monday near Dubuque, Iowa, killing five
persons outright and injuring many others
All of the victims were train men and
none of the passengers were injured.
Captain J. B. Mullet, an officer III the
United States Revenue Marine service,
committed suicide at San Francisco Sat
urday, shooting himself in the head.
Mullett is said to be very respectfully con-
nected IN the east. His reason is suppos-
ed to be due to i'll health.
The Trafalgar, the largest iron-clad
ever constructed, was successfully launch
ed at Portsmouth on the Goth. The vessel
is of capacity of 11,940 tons and of H..
600 horse power. She is to carry twelve
guns, four Of sixty seven tons and eight
Of forty hundred weight. Her side armo1
is twenty inches thick.
A half breed named Bill Jackson, while
on spree undertook to run Spokane Falls,
w. T., Thursday, and in an encounter
with an officer was fatally shot. He bore
the name of being a bad man and has
served term in the penitentiary for mur-
der. Public sentiment exonerates the
officer.
Letters have been received by the
American board of commissioners for for
cign missions, picturing the terrible con-
dition OF affairs among the people of the
Sicllian plain, in Asia Minor. Large
numbers of the inhabitants are starving
The board has decided to make general
appeal for funds with which to alleviate
the distress.
The Massachusetts, state democratic con-
vention met at Worcester, Wednesday,
with an attendance of 1000 delegates
The following nominations were made
For governor, H. B. Lowering; lieutenant
governor, w. E. Cutting; secretary OF
state. j. T. Murphy; treasurer, H. c.
Thetcher; attorney general, J. W. Corco-
ran; auditor, W. T. Cooke.
Two freight trains colllded on the Pitts
burg, Fl. Wayne & Chicago railway Mon
day near Forrest, Ohio, instantly killing
John Bouch, fireman of the second Sec
ton, There were several cars of oil which
caught fire, and while the train men were
trying to extinguish the fire car of dyn
amite exploded with terrible force, injur-
ing the engineer of the second section ano
a fronon